Editing Cattle Decapitation (section)

==Musical style and influences==
Graham Hartmann of ''[[Loudwire]]'' called Cattle Decapitation [[technical death metal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham|date=2012-11-07 |title=Cattle Decapitation Exit Tour After Alleged Sucker Punch by Six Feet Under's Chris Barnes |url=https://loudwire.com/cattle-decapitation-exit-tour-after-alleged-sucker-punch-by-six-feet-under-chris-barnes/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref>

Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the [[Cruelty to animals|exploitation]] and consumption of animals, the abuse of the environment and subjects such as [[misanthropy]] and [[genocide]] of the human race. Much of the band's music is based on putting humans in the situations that animals are subjected to, for example animal testing, slaughter, etc. The band's lyrics are largely concerned with [[human impact on the environment]], the [[ethics of eating meat]] and [[animal rights]].

Ryan comments: "Josh and I are what you would call "[[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]]". We've tried and tried to be as up front about that as possible but the entire media world thinks we are hardline [[Veganism|vegan]], which in turn trickled down to fans and we're just not. I've been vegan at points but I try to be as correct as possible and point blank, there's times on tour where I just don't know if what I've been given to eat has eggs or dairy in it and the road is rather unfriendly to us. We aren't afforded the luxury of going to a Whole Foods at 3 am after a show. At that point it's fucking Taco Bell or something disgusting. You're driving down the road burning fossil fuels and your vehicle is covered in the carcasses of insects and sometimes birds and other animals. So how far does one take it? This is why I can't claim vegan. I live my life with as much compassion as I can for others, the environment and the animals though. At home it's much easier."<ref>[https://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2015/07/interview-travis-ryan-of-cattle-decapitation/ INTERVIEW: TRAVIS RYAN OF CATTLE DECAPITATION] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020026/https://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2015/07/interview-travis-ryan-of-cattle-decapitation/ |date=November 12, 2020 }}. July 22, 2015. moshville.co.uk</ref>

Metal author and journalist Garry Sharpe-Young once acknowledged the band as "one of the few metal bands whose message hits as hard as their music".<ref name="Metal page 169" />

Members of Cattle Decapitation have cited [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]], [[Cryptopsy]], and [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] as influences.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}